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DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS
ECEVİT:
WE EXPECT EU SUPPORT AGAINST TERRORISM
(from the
ntvmsnbc.com; modified slightly)
Turkish
Prime Minister, in his speech at the EU summit in Barcelona, stressed
Turkland could help reconciliation between cultures and religions as a
modern, democratic and secular state.
summit [sa-mit]
= zirve, doruk... reconciliation = barışma, uzlaşma... secular (sek-yulı)
= laik...
Turkland’s
Prime Minister Ecevit called on European Union member countries to give
effective support to the county's years-long fight against terrorism. He
explained that the country has taken determined steps towards membership
in the EU bloc despite the threats it receives in its region. Describing
Turkland as a bridge between East and West, Ecevit called European countries
to consider the Eurasia vision, saying “EU policies should not be
limited to Europe."
years-long = yıllardır
süren... determined = kararlı... threats = tehditler... the Eurasia
vision = Avrasya vizyonu...
Ecevit
also called on EU member states to help end poverty and social
inequalities in other countries such as Turkland. Otherwise there could be
the risk that related problems and disturbances in those countries could
be exported beyond their borders, Ecevit warned.
call on smb = çağrıda
bulunmak... poverty = fakirlik (poor, sözcüğünden)... [DİKKAT: Sınavlarda
çoğu zaman "power" sözcüğü ile karıştırılıyor]...
inequality = eşitsizlik... to be exported beyond the borders = sınırların
ötesine ihraç edilmek...
POLICE
DETAIN SUSPECTS IN AKBANK ROBBERY
Turkish
police have captured two men allegedly involved in the robbing of an
Istanbul branch on Wednesday.
allegedly
= iddia edildiğine göre... involved = karışmış, bulaşmış... to
rob = soygun yapmak, soymak... robbery = soygun... robber = soyguncu...
Turkish
security forces announced that they detained the two men in a train in the
western town of Kırklareli on Thursday morning. The train was travelling
to Romania. According to police sources, the suspects were carrying two
guns, TL 37.5 billion and $19,405 stolen from the bank.
detain = gözaltına
almak... Bizim Türkçesi kıt TV kanallarımız ise, biliyorsunuz "gözlem
altına" alıyorlar! yani "müşahede altında"
tutuyorlar!... Romania = eskiden "Rumania" çok daha yaygındı...
NOT: Biliyorsunuz yazıda para rumuzları rakamın başına konur ama ardından
okunur...
Two
gunmen robbed the Akbank branch in the business district of Gayrettepe in
İstanbul, the third such incident in the city in a week. Last Wednesday,
two other banks in İstanbul were robbed, in one incident security
personnel exchanging shots with two of the bandits, killing both.
gunmen = silahlı kişiler...
district = (burada) semt, bölge... to exchange shots = karşılıklı ateş
etmek, ateş "teatisinde" bulunmak... bandit = haydut...
TURKLAND'S
FIRST DINOSAUR FOSSILS FOUND
March
15— Turkish scientists have identified the first fossil belonging to the
prehistoric times of the dinosaurs found in the country, uncovered during
excavation work for a dam in Turkland’s north. The relics of the
Cretaceous Era have been dated as being 70 million years old...
relics = kalıntı...
(Ancak, özellikle "mukaddes emanetler" için çok kullanılır)...
identify = kimliğini veya niteliğini belirlemek... to uncover = açığa
çıkarmak, meydana çıkarmak... dam = baraj...
Associate
Professor Cemal Tunoğlu from the Geology Department of the Hacettepe
University, said, “The fossils we found goes back 70 million years and
belong to the type known as ‘the dinosaur of the seas’ or “the
cousin of the dinosaur”. He added that the type of dinosaur would be
17.5 metres long but said pieces were destroyed in the construction work
on the Beyler Dam. Those bones that had been salvaged were from the 1.5
metre-long head of the animal. He added that the fossils belonging to the
same type had previously been unearthed in America, Holland, Belgium,
Poland and Bulgaria.
to salvage =
kurtarmak, enkazdan çıkarmak... to unearth = dünya yüzüne çıkarmak,
topraktan çıkarmak, keşfetmek...
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FOREIGN
MEDIA
TURKISH
MINISTER HITS OUT AT "FASCIST" ITALIANS
by Massimo Marzocchi,
from The Scotsman, Fri 15 March 2002...
THE brawl at the end of Roma’s Champions League match against
Galatasaray turned into a diplomatic incident yesterday when the Turkish
foreign minister accused Italian police of behaving like fascists.
brawl [browl] = dalaşma,
kavga, gürültü patırtı... incident = olay...
Fighting involving players, officials and riot police broke out after the
1-1 draw between the Italian champions and the Istanbul club in Rome.
riot [ra-yıt]
= sokak kargaşası, oraya buraya saldırma... riot police =
"toplum" polisi...
Ismail Cem, the Turkish foreign minister, said that the behaviour of the
police was akin to the days of fascist Italy.
be akin to = benzer
olmak, benzemek, yakın olmak...
"Watching from television and looking at the newspapers, I thought I
was watching the time of fascist Mussolini and the Mussolini police, not
Europe in 2002," Cem said.
"A police that attacks and truncheons so pitilessly, that goes into
the changing rooms and attacks our players and lays out our people again
as if what they did on the edge of the pitch was not enough, could only be
Mussolini’s police," he added.
truncheon [tran-çın]
= cop (burada fiil)... pitilessly = acımasızca... changing rooms =
soyunma odaları... lay out = sergilemek... (buradaki anlam, hem suçlu
hem güçlü)... pitch = saha...
Thirteen Italian police were injured in the brawl, officials said. Police
said they would give magistrates a detailed report of the incidents,
including video footage and photographs.
magistrates = sorgu
hakimleri... footage = çekimler...
ELEVEN
CHARGED IN TURKISH MATCH-FIXING SCANDAL
from
The Star Online, Malaysia...
ISTANBUL:
Turkish prosecutors on Friday filed bribery charges against two super
league football coaches, a referee and eight others in a match-fixing
scandal that could shake the country’s premier division.
bribery [bray-bıri]
= rüşvet... charge = suçlama, isnat ("yükleme" kavramından]...
referee [re-fı-ri:] = hakem... match-fixing = şike...
Istanbul prosecutors have completed a charge sheet against the 11
accused, who also include a businessman wanted in Turkland for involvement in a scandal
exposing links between state officials and organized crime, the state-run
Anatolian news agency said. The agency said the charges included
“setting up a criminal gang” and “taking and receiving bribes”.
prosecutor = savcı...
involvement = karışmış olmak... a scandal exposing links = bağlantıları
açığa vuran bir skandal... setting up a criminal gang = "çete
kurmak"...
Prosecutors had begun interviewing referees and other people when
allegations surfaced last month that some matches in Turkland were fixed. The matches concerned
include games from the top division down to lower leagues over a number of
years.
allegations =
iddialar... to surface = yüze (yüzeye) çıkmak... over a number of
years = yıllardır...
Turkland’s
football federation is watching the case closely, aware that allegations
of match-fixing could cast doubts over the league title winners and lead
relegated clubs to appeal.
watching the case
closely = davayı yakından izliyor... cast doubts over = üzerine şüphe
düşürmek, şaibeli hale getirmek... title winner = şampiyon...
relegated clubs = küme düşen takımlar... could... lead relegated clubs
to appeal = küme düşmüş takımların karar düzeltilmesi için başvurmalarına
yol açabilir...
Earlier
this month, federation head Haluk Ulusoy said he had full confidence in
his referees and would not allow a few bad apples to stain the reputation
of Turkish football. – Reuters
a few bad apples =
birkaç çürük elma...
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